Any RolePlayers here?

[DarK_RaideR]

Not entirely unrelated though. The creators of the Warhammer universe have openly and repeatedly mentioned that it was their main inspiration

[cn3wton]

You've lost me...

[DarK_RaideR]

"Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!" is a battlecry from Michael Moorcock's books about the (anti)hero named Elric. Moorcock's cosmology is mostly built on the contrast of Law vs Chaos as opposed to the usual Good vs Evil and has heavily influenced fantasy literature and RPGs. D&d basically built the alignment system on that idea, while Warhammer is heavily influenced in its entirety, sometimes directly taking stuff from Moorcock's books (the star of chaos, the concept of chaos gods etc). Ever since the 1st edition of Warhammer, there's always a "thank you" section in the books where the creators openly say something along the lines of "Thanks to Michael Moorcock, whithout whom this whole thing wouldn't have existed".

 

So basically I'm saying, "Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!" was actually taken and adapted into "Blood for the blood god!" and "Skulls for the skull throne!" It may be a different story, but there's a direct relation between the two

 

Alright, enough nerd rpg trivia

[Kareesh]

D'aww....I missed this whole thread. But I'm going to post about me anyway.

 

My main introduction to RP'ing was through a PbP forum called "Adventures in Caelereth". It's still limping along but it has slowed down considerably. I've played a bit of D&D, mainly 3.0e, but I'm now getting ready to DM a 3.5e campaign. I've also played Star Wars: Saga Edition. Best RP experience that I've had. The GM was great and I loved my character. We had it going for over a year before I had to drop out due to having a baby. I've also played a few MMORPGs (WoW, SW: TOR mainly) but haven't RP'ed on them very often. 

 

The PbP that I played never used dice or anything. You wrote up a character and then followed our 10 Commandments of Role Playing. Pretty much you did common sense and did try to play god. I loved it because it allowed you to go into more detail with your character than your average table-top adventures did. 

[Raze]

Blood and souls for my lord Arioch! (I know, different story, but I couldn't resist.)

 

 

"Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!" is a battlecry from Michael Moorcock's books about the (anti)hero named Elric. Moorcock's cosmology is mostly built on the contrast of Law vs Chaos as opposed to the usual Good vs Evil and has heavily influenced fantasy literature and RPGs.

 

Thank you! I heard about this series from my old Gunny a few years ago and was intrigued. Since then I have forgotten about this series and was trying to remember it a few weeks ago!

[cn3wton]

"Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!" is a battlecry from Michael Moorcock's books about the (anti)hero named Elric. Moorcock's cosmology is mostly built on the contrast of Law vs Chaos as opposed to the usual Good vs Evil and has heavily influenced fantasy literature and RPGs. D&d basically built the alignment system on that idea, while Warhammer is heavily influenced in its entirety, sometimes directly taking stuff from Moorcock's books (the star of chaos, the concept of chaos gods etc). Ever since the 1st edition of Warhammer, there's always a "thank you" section in the books where the creators openly say something along the lines of "Thanks to Michael Moorcock, whithout whom this whole thing wouldn't have existed".

 

So basically I'm saying, "Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!" was actually taken and adapted into "Blood for the blood god!" and "Skulls for the skull throne!" It may be a different story, but there's a direct relation between the two

 

Alright, enough nerd rpg trivia

 

So what your saying is i've got even more books to add to my list now... 

[DarK_RaideR]

Which is always a good thing

[cn3wton]

Which is always a good thing

 

Oh it is. I am also severely tempted to buy the core rules for the black crusade...

[DarK_RaideR]

Oh it is. I am also severely tempted to buy the core rules for the black crusade...

It's been on my "want to play" list for a long while, top spots even. Especially when they started pumping out chapter-specific careers (Tome of Blood, Night Lords CSM is where my money's at). Probably the only 40K game I could enjoy along with Rogue Trader, since they're not that close to the fanatic Imperial RP. I like the idea of your upgrade choices pushing you towards a specific alignment/god as well as personal goals creating party tension and memorable situations. Once our Pathfinder game is wrapped up, we'll see what we can whip up again.

 

Speaking of the spreadsheet, anyone who missed the link, write your preferences here. It will be used for picking the next game and notifying those interested

[Lalie Fanyarendil]

So what your saying is i've got even more books to add to my list now... 

 

The books went back into print a few years ago, but they can't hold a candle to the art on the originals. And some of the names of the compilations are odd. To Rescue Tanelorn? Isn't one of Tanelorn's most defining characteristics the fact that it will never need rescuing?

 

To return the conversation to RPGs, White Wolf Publishing named their company after Elric. There are also tabletop rulebooks for adventuring in the Elric Saga, although none of them (that I know of) were published by White Wolf. I have most if not all of them, but I can't get my friends to play.

 

But yes, add all of these to your list!

[Raze]

ive always been interested in the necrons even bought the codex!

[DarK_RaideR]

Also dropping a link here to raise awareness

[kaelvan]

im not a roleplayer, but have always been intrigued by D&D and have been willing to give it a shot, but most people I know and are friends with are not the typical types to be interested in anything "nerdy" or "odd/strange" so my only real option for playing would be in an online community.

Same here. My friends aren't into it.

[Caprarius]

I've been hosting Path Finder games on board this deployment. You can assume it gets a bit strange with guys who are stuck in the middle of the ocean for long periods of time. lol

[DarK_RaideR]

There's a great site called roll20.net that I advise you to check out, especially if you want to play and can't find others in your area. It's a free online platform for playing RPGs, that is also compatible with Skype and Google Hangouts. What's best about it, you can meet other players from around the world, either to play in something you've created or join in one of their games, and it supports virtually every RPG in existence.

[Lalie Fanyarendil]

I've been hosting Path Finder games on board this deployment. You can assume it gets a bit strange with guys who are stuck in the middle of the ocean for long periods of time. lol

 

Ooh, what kind of strange? The game I've been running right now has had an unforeseen and amusing amount of vomit, Diplomacy by means of dancing, and flaming oozes impaled on earthspikes.

[Caprarius]

I have the tendency to throw in cursed items into my guys. For a good laugh, I kept throwing in gender changing items. They because afraid of any gear they found in the dungeons.

[Lalie Fanyarendil]

That sounds hilarious.

[Strickland5]

Anyone playing D&D 5e? Got a home group and a play-by-post group going ... enjoying the new take on D&D which feels like a good mash-up of 2nd and 3.X to me.

[QwertyCookie]

I've always wanted to! But never had anyone interested in it to do it with me

[DarK_RaideR]

Playing the official campaign that's out, Wednesdays at our local hobby store. I have to say I'm pretty excited about D&d v5

[cn3wton]

One of the best moments I had in pathfinder was roleplay based with a group that shied away from it.

I forgot the details but they where outside a door and they knew a halfling was hiding inside. My friend who was playing an orc barbarian won initiative so decided to burst through the door. The other players let him handle on his own so this is how it went down.

He burst through the door with tremendous force, screaming hello at the top of his lungs causing the halfling to recoil in fear. Upon realizing that he was not hostile the half orc picks up the halfling like an infant and attempts to comfort him by rocking it in his massive arms speaking in the sweetest voice he could muster.

[Tzippi Longstockings]

Exalted, Pathfinder (or D&D 3.5), nWoD, especially W:tF and C:tL. oWoD, esp V:tM, L5R.

[cn3wton]

Hey everybody, are P2P game is still going on. Actually just getting ramped up again after a crazy holiday season. If anyone is interested we could use 2-3 new players as life has caused many to be unable to continue. (though if they can return they are more than welcome to.)

 

You can find the adventure here http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/53425-pathfinder-beginner-journey/

 

As the first thread said this was kind of a test adventure, as a few of us (myself included), had never done anything like this before. 

 

Please let me know if your interested by either messaging me, replying here, or visiting the ooc page linked to in the first post of the story.

[DarK_RaideR]

Well, that D&d 5ed went down the drain, since more than half the players weren't serious about it and kept missing sessions. I assure you, it has nothing to do with my Zentharim LE Tiefling Warlock killing a fellow party member.

 

Our nWoD Vampire LARP is moving along wonderfully, my character has risen to become the city's Seneschal and next week there's a nation-wide LARP going down.

 

Started GMing a Shadowrun 5ed game, due to massive interest had to split it into 2 groups. Might recruit a second GM if stuff gets too pressing, besides SR is a quite rules-heavy game

 

Made a WW1 veteran for an upcoming Cthulhu 7ed game which began as Orient Express and ended up as Masks of Nyarlathotep. Not sure if I'm gonna go through with this one though, my schedule's starting to look too heavy